[Bill McCarthy]

On time - when ploughing under the waves and into different time zones the clocks changed every couple of days whether travelling from west to east or east to west. I refused to commit to memory the nomenclature for hours added or subtracted either side of GMT. If out on a lengthy patrol and not visiting a foreign port, the clocks stayed the same. If going to New London or “Singers“ say, there was a letter added to actual time as we progressed. All we wanted to know, when we got out of our bunk at seven thirty was - is it time for breakfast or is the evening movie about to start. Time was not important - you were either on watch, sleeping or moving about wondering when you were going to get either !

[kanga]

I was once for a while at an Arctic Canadian Forces Base which around the seasons had 2 shoulder months of twilight, and 5 months each of day or night. Time of day was arbitrary, so the kitchen chose to run on Ottawa time, EST or EDT, as that is what most people would be immediately coming from or returning first to, CFB Trenton in Ontario. Operational areas had side by side wall clocks showing that and, of course, Z